Welcome to the Starcore AI Pack v2.0

INSTRUCTIONS:

This pack is a complete upgrade and replacement to the Starcore AI Pack v1.0. 

You do not need v1.0 of the Starcore pack.

If you already have v1.0 of the Starcore pack installed, this v2.0 pack will update and overwrite the v1.0 pack.

Extract this pack to your Robot Arena 2 directory letting it overwrite previous files as needed.

Default directory is:
C:\Program Files\Infogrames\Robot Arena 2

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DISTRIBUTION:

You may freely distribute this pack, as long as you keep this readme file with it. 

Not for sale or to be included in any package for monetary gain.

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v2.0 Thanks go to:

Disturbed for his 6-bot per AI team code, without which this expansion would not have been possible
Rejected and Eyce for all their support, advice, design and review chat sessions
Everyone that suported the BeetleWeight category and submitted bots for the BeetleWars (toAst, Pheud, Eyce, Minion)
Darkrat for his really cool themed in-game selection screen
Rejected for the equally cool splash screen

Credit where credit is due (Bot designs in order of their appearance):

None Shall Pass based on Toxic Avenger by Pheud
Lethal Force based on TANK by ACAMS
The Troll based on Bob by Pheud
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing based on Blue Streak 2 by toAst
Baa Baa Black Sheep based on Black Hole by Artitan
Mini-Hunter based on Whatever 1.5 by toAst
Gravitic Mine based on Snowball by Pheud
Tidalwave based on designs by Shlotkin and Clutch
Zombie based on Pok-n-Split by ACAMS
Ghoul based on Shovelnose by toAst
Black Knight based on earlier Sanitizer by ACAMS
Leviathan based on Leviathan from Rejected

New 6-bot Themed Teams:

Rust Factory (Reckless Infiltrator, Acrid, Clockwork Hydra, Expendable Automation, Offensive Sentry, Mechanical Waterbug) by Rejected
Grandpa's Shed (Particle Man, Bucket of Nails, Old Rusty Lawn Mower, Old Tin Can, Tiny Tetanus, Shedenator) by Clutch
ACAMS Cleaning Service (Duster, Sweeper, Street Sweeper, Wisk Broom, Sanitizer, Sterilizer) by ACAMS
Spam! Spam! Spam! (Click Me!, Win! Win! WIN!, The Spaminator, Viagra-R-Us, Lose Weight!, Ultimate Spammer) by Diablo
1337 5P33|<3R5 (Uber-1337, n00b, 1337 Speek, IBK-Idiot Behind Keyboard, Lil' 1337, 133+  5P34K Original) by Eyce

If I forgot anybody or flubbed a credit let me know and I will get it corrected.

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V1.0 Thanks go out to:

* AU, SovereignII, RFS, and HackerX for their AI packs that made me want to do one too!
* Radio F Software for his useful AI tutorial
* TDS for his bot design tutorials and wonderful out-of-the-box-thinking bot examples
* The entire AceUplink membership for their ideas, examples and suggestions
* My sons (Kirby25 and Ryouga) and their friends (Mikal Krosswind and Quark Zebera) for their bot ideas, designs and testing

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For questions, suggestions or troubleshooting you can contact me (Starcore) at the AceUplink, ARC, RA-Reborn or Robot Arena forums or at Starcore@comcast.net

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Release History

v1.0 	   January 17, 2004
v2.0       March 11, 2004
